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Sade N, Shatil-Cohen A, Attia Z, Maurel C, Boursiac Y, Kelly G, Granot D, Yaaran A, Lerner S, Moshelion M. The role of plasma membrane aquaporins in regulating the bundle sheath-mesophyll continuum and leaf hydraulics. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2014; 166:1609-20. [PMID: 25266632 PMCID: PMC4226360 DOI: 10.1104/pp.114.248633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 09/24/2014] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Our understanding of the cellular role of aquaporins (AQPs) in the regulation of whole-plant hydraulics, in general, and extravascular, radial hydraulic conductance in leaves (K(leaf)), in particular, is still fairly limited. We hypothesized that the AQPs of the vascular bundle sheath (BS) cells regulate K(leaf). To examine this hypothesis, AQP genes were silenced using artificial microRNAs that were expressed constitutively or specifically targeted to the BS. MicroRNA sequences were designed to target all five AQP genes from the PLASMA MEMBRANE-INTRINSIC PROTEIN1 (PIP1) subfamily. Our results show that the constitutively silenced PIP1 (35S promoter) plants had decreased PIP1 transcript and protein levels and decreased mesophyll and BS osmotic water permeability (P(f)), mesophyll conductance of CO2, photosynthesis, K(leaf), transpiration, and shoot biomass. Plants in which the PIP1 subfamily was silenced only in the BS (SCARECROW:microRNA plants) exhibited decreased mesophyll and BS Pf and decreased K(leaf) but no decreases in the rest of the parameters listed above, with the net result of increased shoot biomass. We excluded the possibility of SCARECROW promoter activity in the mesophyll. Hence, the fact that SCARECROW:microRNA mesophyll exhibited reduced P(f), but not reduced mesophyll conductance of CO2, suggests that the BS-mesophyll hydraulic continuum acts as a feed-forward control signal. The role of AQPs in the hierarchy of the hydraulic signal pathway controlling leaf water status under normal and limited-water conditions is discussed.
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- Nir Sade
- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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- Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture, Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel (N.S., A.S.-C., Z.A., G.K., A.Y., S.L., M.M.);Biochimie et Physiologie Moléculaire des Plantes, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5004, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Unité Mixte de Recherche 0386, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique/Montpellier SupAgro/Université Montpellier II, F-34060 Montpellier cedex 2, France (C.M., Y.B.); andInstitute of Plant Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel (G.K., D.G.)
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Osakabe Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LSP. ABA control of plant macroelement membrane transport systems in response to water deficit and high salinity. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2014; 202:35-49. [PMID: 24283512 DOI: 10.1111/nph.12613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 191] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Plant growth and productivity are adversely affected by various abiotic stressors and plants develop a wide range of adaptive mechanisms to cope with these adverse conditions, including adjustment of growth and development brought about by changes in stomatal activity. Membrane ion transport systems are involved in the maintenance of cellular homeostasis during exposure to stress and ion transport activity is regulated by phosphorylation/dephosphorylation networks that respond to stress conditions. The phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), which is produced rapidly in response to drought and salinity stress, plays a critical role in the regulation of stress responses and induces a series of signaling cascades. ABA signaling involves an ABA receptor complex, consisting of an ABA receptor family, phosphatases and kinases: these proteins play a central role in regulating a variety of diverse responses to drought stress, including the activities of membrane-localized factors, such as ion transporters. In this review, recent research on signal transduction networks that regulate the function ofmembrane transport systems in response to stress, especially water deficit and high salinity, is summarized and discussed. The signal transduction networks covered in this review have central roles in mitigating the effect of stress by maintaining plant homeostasis through the control of membrane transport systems.
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- Yuriko Osakabe
- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 3-1-1 Kouyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074, Japan
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- Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8657, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 3-1-1 Kouyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0074, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama, 230-0045, Japan
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Osakabe Y, Osakabe K, Shinozaki K, Tran LSP. Response of plants to water stress. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:86. [PMID: 24659993 PMCID: PMC3952189 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Water stress adversely impacts many aspects of the physiology of plants, especially photosynthetic capacity. If the stress is prolonged, plant growth, and productivity are severely diminished. Plants have evolved complex physiological and biochemical adaptations to adjust and adapt to a variety of environmental stresses. The molecular and physiological mechanisms associated with water-stress tolerance and water-use efficiency have been extensively studied. The systems that regulate plant adaptation to water stress through a sophisticated regulatory network are the subject of the current review. Molecular mechanisms that plants use to increase stress tolerance, maintain appropriate hormone homeostasis and responses and prevent excess light damage, are also discussed. An understanding of how these systems are regulated and ameliorate the impact of water stress on plant productivity will provide the information needed to improve plant stress tolerance using biotechnology, while maintaining the yield and quality of crops.
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- Yuriko Osakabe
- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceTsukuba, Japan
- *Correspondence: Yuriko Osakabe, Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan e-mail: ; Lam-Son P. Tran, Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan e-mail:
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- Center for Collaboration among Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, The University of TokushimaTokushima, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceTsukuba, Japan
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- Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceYokohoma, Japan
- *Correspondence: Yuriko Osakabe, Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan e-mail: ; Lam-Son P. Tran, Signaling Pathway Research Unit, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, 1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi, Yokohama 230-0045, Japan e-mail:
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